Re: the fan doesn't start (clevo 2700t)
On 31 Aug 2002 14:16:00 +0200
Mark Janssen <maniac@maniac.nl> wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-08-31 at 12:53, ee00158@fe.up.pt wrote:
> > Boas
> > I bought a laptop (clevo 2700t) and i installed in it the woody with the kernel
> > 2.4.18-bf24.
> > when i start the laptop the fan doesn't start and so after some time it turn off.
> > If i start the laptop a second time,the fan starts and all is fine. Have
> > somebody something to say?
>
> I have the same problem on the clevo 2700c... I think it's a
> firmware/bios problem, but have no idea for a solution.
>
> Laptop crashes under heavy load when the fan won't run (overheating)
I read of a similar problem on the acpi list. Kernel 2.4.18 comes with a very limited acpi support. Probably compiling a vanilla kernel + latest acpi path (http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpi) will make the problem disappear.
bye,
mattia
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